Riverside/Avondale Historic District new-structure appeal (St. Johns Quarter LLC)

Recommended

No committee or staff recommendation recorded for this item (or the brief was generated before the synthesis prompt captured it — re-run civic brief --meeting-id=jax:2026-04-28:city-council).

Debated

The resolution concerns the appeal of a final order of the JHPC denying an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA-25-33142) by St. Johns Quarter LLC, seeking to construct a new primary structure in the Riverside/Avondale Historic District at 2230 St. Johns Ave. The LUZ committee had approved the grant of appeal 5-2 on 4/21/26, with Gaffney Jr. and Johnson dissenting at committee. Planning Dept recommended denial. At full council, the vote was 9-8, with Lahnen, Howland, White, Arias, Boylan, Carlucci, Diamond, Freeman, and Miller in favor; Carrico, Amaro, Clark-Murray, Pittman, Gay, Johnson, Peluso, and Salem opposed. The one-vote margin and the council president's no vote make this the night's most significant contested action.

Decided

PASSED — council amended and approved, granting the JHPC appeal so St. Johns Quarter LLC may construct a new primary structure at 2230 St. Johns Ave in the Riverside/Avondale Historic District.